We are all familiar with General Chen Geng and he made great contributions to the founding of New China and the cause of the people's liberation.
Chen Geng was born in 1903 in Quanhu Village, Longdong Township, Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province. Since the age of 6, he has been studying, and then he was admitted to the Xiangxiang County Dongshan Higher Primary School, and at the age of 13, he gave up his pen to join the army, joined the Xiang Army, and began to participate in revolutionary work.
In 1924, Chen Geng was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and after graduation, he stayed in the school as a company commander for enlisted students. In 1931, he was sent to the red area of Eyu-Anhui to lead the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region to carry out the third and fourth anti-encirclement and suppression operations. Later, he followed the Red Army to participate in the Long March, realizing the three main divisions of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he led his troops to lay an ambush near The Changsheng pass, killing more than 130 Japanese and capturing 5 people, including The Leader of the Iehime Garrison, Aramura Toyotani Shosa, destroying 5 cars, capturing 3 mortars and more than 50 rifles. In March 1938, the Japanese Kou sent more than 30,000 people to besiege the southeast of Shanxi in 9 routes, and he led his troops to fight bravely, and carried out three annihilation battles in one month. In the ambush battle of Shentou, more than 1,500 Japanese Kou were killed, more than 300 spears and more than 600 war horses were captured. In the Xiangtangpu ambush, more than 400 Japanese were killed and 180 cars were burned. In the pursuit of Changle Village, more than 2200 Japanese troops were pursued and killed, completely crushing the enemy's siege.
During the Liberation War, he mainly led troops to fight in southern Jin. In 1947, he crossed the Yellow River into Henan, Shaanxi, and Hubei, annihilating more than 30,000 enemy personnel and liberating 15 county seats. In 1948, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Huaihai, and together with his brothers, he destroyed a total of 120,000 enemy troops.
His revolutionary cause can be said to be smooth sailing, in love, he and Wang Genying married in 1927, the two gave birth to a son Chen Zhifei, and later after Wang Genying's sacrifice, he walked with Fu Ya, and the two raised four children. Today, Xiaobian mainly talks to you about Chen Geng's eldest son, Chen Zhifei.
Chen Zhifei was born in 1929, when his parents were busy with the revolutionary cause. Later, his mother died in the War of Resistance, and his father had to fight for many years, so he was with his grandmother since he was a child, and he did not know much about his father, and even many things were known from his grandmother and uncle, such as where his father went to fight and where he won. So much so that he once thought that his father did not love him and lacked fatherly love from childhood.
It was not until after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War that 17-year-old Chen Zhifei moved to Yangcheng, Shanxi With the help of an underground party organization, and finally met his father after 13 years of separation. That's when he really started living with his father. His father was very happy with his arrival, but at the same time he felt guilty for not taking good care of him, so he was worried about his future.
At that time, my father believed that the War of Resistance was victorious, and the motherland would definitely need a large number of construction talents, so he suggested that he study and work and contribute to the construction of the motherland. Under the cultivation of his father, he was admitted to North China University (now Chinese Min University). After graduation, he has worked in Changchun FAW, Aerospace Department and other units, and many of his scientific research achievements are at the first-class level in the industry, and when he retired, he has become a professor-level senior engineer.
On September 13, 2020, Chen Zhifei died of illness in Beijing at the age of 92.